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- What's up everyone, 
welcome to Yoga with Adriene.

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I'm Adriene, and today 
we're taking it off the mat

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and into the kitchen,

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learning how to make 
a traditional yogi tea.

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So this is really special to me,

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one of my 
favorite drinks because

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it really takes me way 
on back to when I was first

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introduced to 
the practice of yoga

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and first found love.

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Also, way back to my 
yoga teacher training days,

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but also, way back to 
traditional Indian medicine

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or Ayurveda. Thanks for
joining me, let's get started.

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Alrighty my friends, so yogi
tea is very similar to chai,

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in fact these two teas you know,

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are pretty much the same thing.

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Although, the yogi tea, 
the traditional concoction

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really focuses on the herbs,

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so a chai is kind of 
like you fill it with some

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extra milk and some extra sugar,

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and it's really great. 
Same ingredients.

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But, this traditional 
concoction is really

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focusing on the herbs, 
it's a six ingredient recipe,

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plus your water.

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And per, you know, 
the Ayurvedic science,

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or tradition, everything 
is there for a reason.

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So, the tea is very warming,

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it's super awesome for 
digestion, circulation,

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and everything there, 
again, is for a purpose.

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So, let me introduce 
you to our six ingredients.

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Alright so the first 
ingredient is black peppercorn.

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Great for the sinuses, 
great for circulation,

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awesome for digestion, it's
also really great for the skin,

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and respiratory system. 
Black peppercorn is awesome.

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Alright next we have 
the clove, whole clove.

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Obviously really 
warming, aromatic,

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it's really great as 
an anti-inflammatory,

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and really, really great, 
high in antioxidants,

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just also adds to a 
little bit of the taste.

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Alright, next we 
have the cardamom seed,

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and this is a little 
seed pod that is actually

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a derivative of 
the ginger family.

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Ginger Rodgers, she 
popped one of these out,

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just kidding.

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And it is amazing.
It's so aromatic,

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just the smell alone 
reminds me of being like back

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in 18 or 19 in my 
teacher training. So awesome.

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Great for heartburn, 
great for balancing out acidity

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in the stomach, 
super awesome for bloating,

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for gas, who doesn't want
to tend to that, am I right?

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And yeah, smells 
really good as well.

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Alright, next we have cinnamon

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and we have a whole cinnamon
stick here, so not the powder,

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and cinnamon has so 
many wonderful qualities,

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again, really great for 
digestion, it's very warming,

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so it's soothing for 
the respiratory system.

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If you've ever 
wondered about the benefits

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of cinnamon, look it up, 
because there are so many

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studies that show 
that cinnamon has helped

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just with balancing blood sugar,

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has helped reduce 
symptoms of diabetes,

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heart disease, like so 
much stuff so check it out.

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And we're gonna go 
with a whole cinnamon stick

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to also provide a little 
bit of flavor for our tea.

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Alright, next up 
we have ginger root.

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And ginger root is 
really like the MVP in Ayurveda.

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Has so many wonderful benefits,

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great for all systems go,

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really wonderful 
for digestion as well.

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This one in particular, 
great for joints,

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arthritic pain, also 
really great for us gals,

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so just a slice of ginger 
in a cup of warm water's

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super awesome when 
you're suffering from cramps.

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And yeah, ginger root 
is like the queen bee here.

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Alright, last but not 
least we have our black tea.

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This is the ingredient 
that really just brings it all

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together, synergizes 
all the other ingredients.

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It can be really good 
for focus and concentration,

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for some, not all, 
because it is caffeinated,

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and of course you can 
gage how much caffeine

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you want by the 
amount of time in which

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you choose to 
steep it in your pot.

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Alright, the next few 
steps are super simple.

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You're gonna want 
to boil some water.

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So I have some boiling 
water on the stove already.

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And while that is happening,

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you're gonna wanna do 
three more simple steps

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before you throw 
everything in your pot.

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Okay, so the first one is, 
you're gonna want to make

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your tea with 
love in your heart.

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So even if you're 
not really feeling love,

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we're just gonna 
take a quiet moment

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to take a deep breath in, 
inhale lots of love in.

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Feels good, and then 
just exhale lots of love out.

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Check, sweet. 
Alright, the next thing is,

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for the cardamom pods, 
you're gonna wanna split

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your pods. Never 
thought I'd say that.

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So you're gonna take a knife,
take the pod, take a knife.

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And rather than using the
sharp knife to cut your pod,

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you're just gonna take 
the flat edge of the knife,

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or the flat side of the 
knife, put it on the pod,

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bring the opposite hand on top,

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and then just press down,
almost like we do with garlic.

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'Til it pops or splits, 
a little or a lot.

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And then I prepped 
some cardamom seeds here,

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pods open and as you can see

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they kind of have fallen apart

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and that's great because were
gonna strain them out later.

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So those are ready to go.

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The last thing you 
wanna do is slice your ginger,

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and I just want to 
point out that you do not

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have to peel the ginger,

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because we're gonna 
strain everything out anyway.

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So you just slice 
your fresh ginger,

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and then it's ready to go.

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Alrighty, so now we're 
ready to make our tea.

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We have a boiling pot of water,

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I put two quarts water in here,

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but you can do 
different things based on

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how much tea you want to make.

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I like to make a big batch,

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it really fills the whole house
up with a wonderful smell,

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and then you can save it

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because you can 
enjoy this tea hot or cold.

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So we have our boiling H2O here,

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the first ingredient 
I'm gonna drop in

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are my peppercorns, about 
20 of these for this batch,

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you don't have to be 
super specific unless

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you really want to, 
but around 20.

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Just drop them in and 
watch them dance. It's cool.

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Next up we have our whole clove.

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So for the clove about 
15, again, doesn't have to be

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super specific in my opinion.

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But just around 15, and you
can watch them dance as well.

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Next up we have our cinnamon,

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depending on how 
much cinnamon you like,

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you can do three to five sticks.

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So we're doing three 
today, just one, two, three.

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Dropping the whole stick in.

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And then finally, our 
glorious cardamom seeds.

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They've been split so 
they're nice and loose,

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and we're just gonna drop
those in and watch them dance.

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And about 20 of those.

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Alright, next up we 
have our fresh ginger,

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about eight slices here.

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Again, you can amp up the
ginger or tone down the ginger,

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based on what you like.

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I like a lot of 
ginger, personally.

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Like to get the healing 
effects that ginger,

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in my stomach, so great.

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And then we just kind of let
this go for a couple minutes,

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it's already starting 
to turn a different color.

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And dance, you definitely 
want to keep it rolling.

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The boil, rolling. Just 
for a couple of minutes.

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And it's already 
starting to smell super awesome

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and amazing, really great.

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Alright, after you've allowed
these ingredients to come

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and dance 
together for a little bit,

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you're ready to add your tea.

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As I said before, 
I have a tea bag here,

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but you can use loose tea.

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You're just gonna 
drop that puppy in.

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And you can take a 
little spoon, if you want,

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and just kind of 
move it around. And stir.

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Alright, ah, and it 
already looks so beautiful.

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Alright, after 
you've stirred it,

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we'll put a lid on it, 
and we'll let it brew

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for 30 minutes, at least,

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you can you also turn 
the heat down a little bit,

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and walk away and 
just enjoy the smell

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and really you can let it 
go for two to three hours,

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it's really nice.

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But you just want to be 
careful about your caffeine

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level, if that's something 
you're concerned about.

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So we're gonna let 
this brew for 30 minutes,

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then come back and strain it.

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Alright, so it's 
been about 30 minutes,

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I have my strainer here.

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You wanna make sure you 
have a strainer that is small

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enough to catch everything.

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And I'm just 
gonna slowly pour my tea

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over the strainer 
into another pot,

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or if you have a 
pitcher that works,

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you can do that as well.

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I'm just gonna 
pour a fair amount in.

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Smells so awesome.

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And then slowly take this back.

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If you have anything 
extra, I like to bottle it up,

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or I like to give it away as
presents too, for friends,

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just little jars.

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And then I just take this out,

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and whatever you 
caught in the strainer,

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you take over to 
the sink, and yes.

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This is amazing, our yogi tea.

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Okie doke, so let's try our tea.

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I'm gonna ladle it into my mug,

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since I have it in a pot here.

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But sometimes I'll pour it
into something over the sink,

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even a big mason jars is nice.

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Has beautiful color, 
oh my gosh, yes.

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So we used to drink this in
between my teacher trainings

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and I think this came over
into America via Yogi Bhajan

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in the late 60's, who 
served it to his students.

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His American 
students here.

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Smells amazing.

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So typically, we drink 
the yogi tea either as is,

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or you can sweeten 
it with a little honey.

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So I'm gonna put a 
little honey in mine.

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And then you would also 
add a little bit of milk.

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So you can add regular milk, 
you can add soy milk,

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I use almond milk.

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But it just really helps

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kind of keep it 
nice and smooth.

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We're gonna do a 
little bit of honey here.

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Stir it around.

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And I'm using local honey
because I live in Austin, Texas

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and that's just 
the smart thing to do

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'cause it's good 
for your allergies.

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And then once all the 
honey has come off the spoon,

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you'll add your milk.

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And I will just 
drink this all day,

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and it's a great substitute
for coffee or other things

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that you might drink 
to keep your energy up.

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So beautiful.

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Yeah, really went for the milk.

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And then one last little stir

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and one last little 
inhale and exhale of love.

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Alright, and there we have it.

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Made with love, 
a traditional yogi tea.

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Let's give it a taste.

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It really is so good and it
really does take me way back,

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so sweet.

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Alright, from my 
heart to yours, namaste.

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Enjoy your yogi tea, leave
questions, comments below.

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Let me know how it goes

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and let's stay connected,
take care my friends, namaste.

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